Executions have been on hold in California since 2006, stalled by a series of legal challenges; but COVID-19 is proving a lethal presence on San Quentin’s death row.
The university's health services department says it has seen 47 new cases in just one week, compared to a total of 23 since since the start of the pandemic.
After being the first state to impose a stay-at-home order, California faces a battery of grim statistics as the state reopened – and is now poised to potentially send millions of children back to school next month.